This has been one of the most difficult songs I've had to pick
out. I know a lot of songs from all different genres so I can come up with a
song that fits the audition I'm attending. Lately though, I've been steering
away from rock and listening to more indie artists, so finding a song to
audition for something like Once would
be easy for me. I recognize now that there will likely be auditions that
require me to sing classic rock-type songs.
So I didn't know where to start, really. I knew that for a top 40
tune I could do "Halo" by Beyoncé or
"Hiding My Heart" in the style of Adele... anything Adele, really,
but I'm sure casting directors are tired of hearing her songs. The thing is
that "Hiding My Heart" is originally sung by Brandi Carlile and so I
went to my iPhone and looked up any other music I had by her. The only other
song I had was "The Story" and so I re-listened to it,
hoping that it might work.
It was perfect.
The line where she
sings "All of these lines across my face" and almost breaks on the
word "lines" is so raw and so touching, and that is how I knew that
this is my token rock song. Melinda said that rock is about feeling the music
and the words and not necessarily about creating a prefect or
beautiful sound. This reminded me of when Brad Carroll was teaching me how to
belt, and said something to the effect of, "You know how to sing so you
don't have to worry about that. What you need to worry about now is the
character behind the song." Both of those things have helped me practice
my song. Now my only hope is that if I crack, it's as endearing as when Brandi
almost does it.
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